Top 500 Nora Sakavic Quotes (2026 Update)
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251. “Sometimes I think this job is going to kill me,” Abby said. “Seeing what people have done, what people continue to do, to my Foxes. I wish I could protect you, but I’m always too late. All I can do is patch you up afterward and hope for the best. I’m sorry, Neil. We should have been there for you.”

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252. “Revenge is a motivator only for the weak-willed.”

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253. “Whose place am I taking?” Neil asked, because both sides of the room were already decorated. Jean stopped by one of the nightstands and gestured for Neil to come closer. “Look and see.”

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254. “Come on, cute face like yours has to have a girlfriend. Unless you swing my way, of course, in which case please tell me now and save me the trouble of having to figure it out.” Neil stared at him, wondering how Nicky could care about such things when the stadium was right there.”

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255. “Nicky plucked the list from Neil’s fingers and crumpled it. “Your ignorance is endearing, Neil. You’re nineteen and you’ve never looked at Allison’s tits? There’s no way you’re straight. You and I really need to sit down and talk about this sometime.”

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256. “Nathaniel Wesninski and that creepy little goalkeeper Andrew Minyard. The Foxhole Court was a veritable goldmine of personal issues and abuse.”

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257. “Trying to remember fear, or trying to remember how to feel anything at all?”

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258. “They’ll never find proof that Riko was involved in this,” Aaron said, “but they might find you, right? That’s what this is all about, isn’t it?” Aaron gestured at his own face, indicating Neil’s abrupt change in appearance. “Your looks, your languages, your lies – you’re running from something or someone.”

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259. “I have a backliner for you.”

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260. “Most coveted, most protected. He’ll sacrifice every piece he has to protect his throne. Whatever. Me?” Kevin gestured again, meaning to indicate himself but too drunk to get his hand higher than his waist. “I’m going to be the deadliest piece on the board.” “Queen,” Andrew said.”

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261. “You wouldn’t trust me to pick out your costume, would you? I’d probably make you a French maid or something. Come on.”

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262. “She came to Neil last and stayed with him, feeling the line of his shoulder armor through his jersey. “How are you doing?” Neil drained both cups before answering. “I’m fine.” Nicky fist-pumped in triumph. “Thank you for being so predictable, Neil. You just scored me ten bucks with two words.” Matt looked up. “Are you serious? Who the hell bet against you?” Nicky jerked a thumb at Kevin. “There’s a sucker born every minute.”

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263. “They don’t feel right,” he said. “A tear for your discomfort,” Andrew said, completely unsympathetic. “And you said I have no team spirit,” Neil muttered. “Never claimed I did either.” Andrew grinned and shrugged. “You’re the fool who gave him your game. Reap what you sow or burn the field down, the choice is yours. Be smarter next time, would you?”

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264. “You are a conundrum,” Andrew said. “Thank you.” “No, thank you,” Andrew said as he slipped past Neil without a look back. “I need a new toy to play with.” “I’m not a toy.” “I guess we’ll see.”

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265. “It sounded twisted and wrong in this suffocating space, but Neil couldn’t stop.”

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266. “Being related doesn’t make us family.”

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267. “For the first time Neil appreciated Andrew’s apathy. In a stadium gone mad and with too much on the line tonight, Neil finally saw Andrew as the crucial eye of the storm. Because Andrew refused to get caught up in this, he was the only person on the court with a cool head.”

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268. “Andrew watched the phone bounce off the couch and skitter across the carpet. It was a toss-up whether or not he’d ask. Neil kissed his neck, hoping to distract him, and was rewarded with a startled jolt. That was enough reason to do it again. Andrew pushed his face away, but they were standing too close together for Neil to miss the way he shivered.”

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269. “He knew what day it was; he knew how little time was left.”

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270. “Neil meant to go after them, but he’d made the mistake of looking at Kevin. Once he met Kevin’s eyes, it was hard to look away again.”

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271. “Andrew had nearly killed four men for assaulting Nicky and would have broken Allison’s neck for hitting Aaron, but when it came to crimes against his own person Andrew couldn’t care less. He held his life in less regard than he did anything else. Neil hated that with a ferocity that was nauseating.”

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272. “These kinds of secrets are not given out lightly. You know that. We calculate collateral damage and escape routes. We plan and brace for the reaction and fallout. But Luther did not tell. He chose to not believe me at all. And that’s a thousand times worse, you see.”

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273. “Do you believe in fate?” Neil heard the faint scorn in the other man’s voice. “No. Do you?” “Luck, then,” Aaron said, ignoring that return question. “Only the bad sort.” “We’re flattered by your high opinion of us, of course.” Aaron.”

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274. “Instead Wymack snapped his fingers at Neil and jerked his thumb toward the court door. “Tell your pet psycho to knock it off before he cripples someone.” “I don’t think he’ll listen to me,” Neil said. “You and I both know he will. Now get.”

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275. “Neil took a step forward, or meant to. The next thing he knew he was running: not at the house, but away.”

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276. “I need a yes or no. If we can talk Aaron and Andrew into doing joint sessions with you, can you fix them?”

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277. “But mostly he thought about them as the people he’d spent the evening with, the people he was getting to know almost against his will. They’d never be perfect, but they were going to be all right. They’d come to the Foxhole Court as fractured messes but they were fixing each other one semester at a time.”

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278. “I have to go. I don’t trust them to give you back.”

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279. “I don’t like that word,” Andrew said. “Don’t use it.”

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280. “Don’t touch him, you understand?”

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281. “Neil thought he’d be sick. He didn’t want to hear anymore of this; he’d already heard too much.”

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282. “Easthaven Hospital,” Betsy said. “I’m going to take Andrew off his medicine.”

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283. “That was fantastic,” Alvarez said. “I want to do it again. Next year, maybe, when my legs grow back.” “Stop being such a baby,” Laila said. “Ignore her,” Alvarez said to Neil. “She’s just sour because she lost nine goals in forty-five minutes. Don’t know why, not like it’s a new personal record or – ohhh, it is. Ouch, that’s gotta sting a bit. So much for being first-draft.”

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284. “How was he supposed to let Wymack lock the door every night with both of them under the same roof? He couldn’t possibly sleep here; every time Wymack breathed Neil would wake up and wonder who was after him.”

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285. “You think this is hard? Look what I’ve been through. Surviving you is easy.” Nathaniel tipped his head to one side and fixed Towns with a cool look. “But can you survive me?”

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286. “You make me uncomfortable because you don’t make sense. I don’t understand you.”

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287. “Neil watched it so he wouldn’t stare at Andrew, but if someone asked him later what it was about he wouldn’t be able to tell them. He was sure he still felt Andrew’s heartbeat on his skin when he went to bed a few hours later.”

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288. “It’s no surprise she had to die to be worth anything.”

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289. “Permission to break his face, Coach?’ Jean asked. ‘Denied,’ White said.”

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290. “Anytime the Foxes mentioned Andrew’s upcoming sobriety or Andrew’s name popped up in write-ups on the team’s performance at games, the focus was on what a danger he was. People talked about his trial and how it saved them from Andrew. No one said what they were doing to save Andrew from himself.”

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291. “This was everything he wanted, everything he needed, and Neil was never letting go.”

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292. “Exy had been a raw point between them since they’d met. It was the critical part of their friendship Andrew refused to acknowledge and Kevin couldn’t fix, a dream Andrew wouldn’t believe in and Kevin couldn’t give up on.”

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293. “You were amazing.” He.”

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294. “Neil liked outrunning and outsmarting the defense. He liked the rush of a perfect score. He liked the pressure and the triumph. The rest of his life was a frightening mess; Neil needed the power and control of a fierce game.”

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295. “Let go of me, King.” “I am King,” Riko agreed, “and you are going to spend Christmas at my castle. You’re coming to Evermore for winter break.”

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296. “But from now until May you are still Neil Josten and I am still the man who said he would keep you alive.”

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297. “His thoughts should have kept him up all night, but with his friends this close Neil couldn’t worry about anything.”

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298. “Hey,” Neil said, or thought he said. He didn’t recognize his own voice. “Andrew. Andrew, are you –.”

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299. “Neil watched Kevin wilt beneath the weight of his brother’s – no, owner’s – fury and kissed his survival instincts goodbye. He grabbed Riko’s shirt and hauled him back.”

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300. “By then the referees were on court, and Nicky blew them a kiss when he was handed his red card.”

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